JimC

I have some that I would sell for $4.75 a dozen; however you have to consider shipping costs. I live in Texas.

Kinda minds me of the ancient Chineese proverb bout leading a horse and water.

They sent an order to me in a USED box that originally contained plumbing supplies. What does that say about the cost of their containers?

I used the entire width of the stick. I just cut the length. It melted the entire width of the container and it was 1/2 inch deep at the end of 4 hours. Since the diameter of the container at the top of the wax was 2 1/4 inches, I imagine that it would also work with a container of at least 2 1/2 inches (at least with this wax and this FO) A 3 inch container may have to be double wicked. I use bamboo skewers to stir my wax. I tried to use these as wicks also. They did not work. They smoked and stopped burning when they reached the wax.

I took one pic at the beginning of the test. I will try to attach it. I am not sure that I was successful.

I used a FO that I do not normally use because it is weak. I seemed to have about the same throw as a normal wick. The melt pool temp was around 168 degrees.

The idea of a wood wick sounded interesting so I decided to try it myself. I poured some J223 in a glass flower pot votve container and stuck a craft stick (popsicle stick) in the wax before it hardened. SURPRISE,SURPRISE! IT WORKED. Here is the results: The container diameter at the top of the wax was 2 1/4 inches. The craft stick protruded 3/8 inch above the wax. The stick burned with a small flame: however, to my surprise it continued to burn. It DID NOT SMOKE, even in drafty conditions. (Here is a rub for you zinc lovers) No mushrooms At the end of 4 hours, I extinguished the flame. The wood wick protruded 1/4 inch above the wax pool. The melt pool depth was 1/2 inch. There was a slight crackling sound: however you had to put your ear close to the container in order to hear it. If you do that, hair ignition is possible. Then you would hear the crackling sound of burning hair. LOL The second burn continued the same as the first. If I want to do a complete burn I will have to come uo with a way of securing the wick. I would probably epoxy the stick to a tea light cup or a regular wick tab.

My regular supplier was Lone Star. They said that OK6228 was a casualty of the Astorlite buyout by IGI. I live in Texas so shipping cost is an issue.

Does anyone have spare OK 6228 wax that they want to sell?? My supplier no longer stocks it and it is the wax that I perfer.

Actually, Candle guy, I also use a 50/50 mix of 6228 and J223. Just in case you are reading this, Top, I know that you on we people who mix pre-blended waxes. LOL I do, however, get satisfactory results ( except for this marble thing). When I gain more experience and have the time and money to do more experimentation, I will probably try plain votive wax.

Well, yes the sides and the bottoms do start to solidify rather quickly because my wax room is cool and I do not pre-heat the molds.

I was hoping there was a better way, Scented. I have tried that both in the pour pot and in the mold. I pour at 145 degrees in order to produce a smooth top with rounded edges. When I tried using the dyed tooth pick after pouring only the top was marbled and was not very nice looking at that. When I tried it in the pour pot, some of them come out ok, but half of them came as out a solid color. There in lies the inconsistancy. Note, I was only using 8 ounces of wax at a time in a small pour pot.

I am using OK6228 wax. I have been trying to make marble colored tarts; but I haven't had any consistant results. Does anyone have any suggestions?

No, the FO is from BCN. I tried the Blueberry Muffin from BCS: however it is not as good as the sample that I got from BCN. They said that the BCS FO is entirely different. The tarts that I made with the 8 oz bottle from BCN were not near as good and did not last as long as the ones I made with the sample bottle from BCN: also the color of the FO is not the same. I have not had this problem with any other FO from them or anyone else.

I have tried using up other FO's up to 9% in this waxe with no problem. I am using 6% with this FO (28 grams FO per 454 grams wax). The wax should be able to handle it. Besides, there was no problem with the sample.